Reply To: The humour of Louise Penny
“Armand wondered fleetingly how one would grow nutmeg. It was a nut, no? That you grated? There were enough nuts in the village, at least one of them grating, but not of the same sort.”
“Take a firearm into a crowded cafe, mon ami? Non. I’ll leave it to you to kill any innocent bystanders. It was as close to gallows humor as Jean-Buy had seen the Chief come.”
At the monastery Armand wants to use the phone to get through to Reine-Marie. Even though Armand says he knows the way to where the phone is, Brother Simon insists on coming with him. “I’m sure you do, Chief Inspector, but I’ll still come with you. We’ve lost several postulants. He shook his head sadly, then smiled at Armand. Well, perhaps we’ll find them, said Armand. At this stage, I hope not.”
